Bruno Labaque to the 700 Club

Bruno Labaque continues to make history in the National Basketball League of Argentina. The 36-year veteran guard reached the mark of 700 games played with the shirt of the club where he played "almost" all his life, Atenas de Cordoba. This was in the last Monday October 6 match that the "Greeks" lost 91-85 in overtime against Sionista de Paraná.

Lábaque is the third player to reach those figures, behind two historic players like Diego Osella (where 943 of his 1,096 games played with the Athenian elastic) and Marcelo Milanesio (the totality of his career, 848 games). In the club, is fourth on the career list in points (6,473) and rebounds (1,329), second in assists (1,871) and steals (790) and is top 5 in most other statistical areas.

The current contest champion Triple Star Game also holds positions of privilege in the historical tables of the LNB. At the end of that game is ranked 33 of the top scorers list with 7,409 points (9.5 on average in the total of his career), triples is at No. 21, with 941 (1.2). In assists, he climbed to sixth place all-time with 2,191 (2.8), 13th in steals with 926 (1.2) and 15th in minutes played with more than 20,000 (20,062 more specifically).

Lábaque, with 777 games played so far, is a young player of the club, and five LNB titles (1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2007-08 and 2008-09) were all with same shirt. Except for one season at River Plate (2005-06, 48 games), another in Obras Sanitarias (2009-10, 29 nights), and two stints overseas (Rimini and Tenerife), Bruno has always remained loyal to those colors and to a way to understand the game. And if he has no injury problems he will surely be the eighth player to pass the barrier of 800 matches, which is expected to be during the league's second phase.Jonatan Kalbermatter (@JonaKalber)